Carnahan Touts More Spending But Jobs Still Flatlining

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Press Contact: Theresa Petry, (314) 807-7077

A mere 568 jobs created in Missouri’s 3rd since stimulus first approved

(ST. LOUIS, MO.) August 12, 2010 –Speaker Nancy Pelosi called Congressman Carnahan back to Washington last week to sign off on yet another spending bill. Now, like the subservient Congressman Pelosi wants him to be, Carnahan has returned to his district in full spin mode. He has set up press conferences today to try and convince constituents how much the latest spending bill he approved will help them.

Well, Congressman Carnahan, if it’s as “helpful” as the stimulus bills which get your full nod of approval maybe you should step out of the spin zone. The facts are jobs are not being created and the government is digging us deeper into debt.

Missouri currently has a 9.1% unemployment rate but delve deeper into the statistics and you will see that parts of Missouri’s 3^rd district are even higher. Jefferson County holds a 9.6% unemployment rate and St. Louis City holds a staggering 11.1%. St. Louis County and Sainte Genevieve Counties are 8.6% and 8.4% respectively.

The stimulus bill didn’t create jobs as Carnahan and his liberal spending friends like to claim.

Here are the job numbers from the stimulus, found on recovery.gov, for Missouri’s 3^rddistrict:

Missouri’s 3^rd district received $228,323,826 (Million) – far less than many other areas

Jobs created:

72 – 1st reporting period jobs

135.6 – Q4 2009 jobs

124.1 – Q1 2010 jobs

236.3 – Q2 2010 jobs

That’s a total of 568 total jobs since stimulus was approved. That means the government spent $401,978.57 per job. That costly rate begs the question; Where are the jobs Congressman Carnahan?

Outside of Washington, regular folks -if they were to even spend a small fraction of that sort of money would demand to have something in return…or we daresay they would stop spending, recognize it as a scam and not make the same costly mistake again. So as Congressman Carnahan tries to fool the people into thinking more spending is “helping” them we hope the press asks him the following questions:

1) Um, where are the jobs?

2) Why did Missouri’s 3rd only get $228,323,826 ?  Seems like other places got more than their fair share?

3) $401,978.57 per job?  Seriously?

“We must stop the wasteful spending and concentrate on jobs. Our children’s future depends on it! Congressman Carnahan can tout ‘programs helping families afford college tuition’ all he wants but people are more concerned with having a family sustaining job. Carnahan should spend more time in his district, maybe hold a town hall or debate, and actually listen to what his constituents are saying” said congressional candidate Ed Martin.

For more information about Martin’s background and the campaign, visit EdMartinforCongress.com, or follow him on Facebook and Twitter @ed4congress.

Theresa Petry
Press Secretary
“Ed Martin for Congress”
(314) 807-7077 (cell)

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